Dec 16th - Joplin, Missouri

This morning I "officially" said goodbye to Messiah's Ranch.

 John came up from his home in Bryan to thank me again and to give me a copy of a book he wrote, and had published, several years ago. He is currently updating it and revising it for an ebook release. I had almost asked him for a copy but did not because he only had five copies left. I'm looking forward to reading it.

The Oklahoma welcome center is a fantastic facility.

 I hope you can pick out the buffalo in the photo below. It is cut from a single sheet of steel, but actually looks like a 3 dimensional figure, from both sides.

 The hallways inside the facility. They bring to mind water flowing down a creek bed.

 This is actually a concrete bench. I had to touch it to make sure it was actually concrete. The sinks in the mens room were also concrete.

It rained last night and I didn't get left until almost 10 this morning. I'm spending the night at the Flying J truck stop in  Joplin, Missouri, a little over 500 miles from Messiah's Ranch and about 200 miles from home.

In the morning I will fill the propane and fuel tanks, and dump the wastewater tanks. After than I will head for home.

Good night to all. May God bless you and yours.